With Modernism, objective values were thrown overboard. Einar Duenger Bøhn, who teaches philosophy at the University of Agder in Norway, sees objective value in the classical portrait, making Aristotle’s concept of tëchne a true humanistic project. He has written a book called “The Meaning of Life” where he uses the myth of Sisyphus to argue that the potential for improvement is the only thing that can give life meaning, and that there are objective signifiers of good and bad.
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The centerpiece for this conversation was “Running Bride” by Odd Nerdrum.
On the shelf: Priest Shunjō Chōgen (12th c.), “Sisyphus” by Tiziano Vecellio (16th c.), A seated ife figure by the Yoruba people in Nigeria (14th c.).
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